I thought this post from John Piper was quite compelling and affection-stirring: What would the doctrines of grace sound like if every limb in that tree were coursing with the sap of Augustinian delight. (that is, Christian Hedonism)? Total depravity is not just badness, but blindness to God’s beauty and deadness to the deepest joy. [...]
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Christian Hedonist Calvinism
January 4, 2012John Piper, Rick Warren, and the Purpose Driven Life
May 27, 2011Let’s just pretend for a moment you did not read the title of this blogpost. Let’s pretend that there was an anonymous Christian minister who explicitly affirmed the following: I am passionate about the glory of God above all things. I believe in the absolute sovereignty of God in all things, including sin and tragedy. [...]
Funnies for Friday
December 10, 2010Here are three videos that I enjoyed watching this week. The C.J. Mahaney impersonation is amazing. The Calvinist pick-up lines are cheesy yet fun. The Michael Bird interview is a great reminder that scholars can have a great sense of humor (HT Trevin Wax). Enjoy!
Nathan Finn on Reformed Baptists
July 19, 2010Nathan Finn has written a helpful four-part series on being Reformed and Baptist that I would like to commend to you. While those with a historical consciousness and theological acumen understand the symbiotic nature of being Reformed and Baptist, there will always be those within the SBC who will attempt to present the two as [...]
Ray Ortlund on “Truly Reformed”
June 5, 2010If you are not reading (or have not subscribed to) Ray Ortlund’s blog, you are missing some of the best devotional commentary on the Internet. Most recently, he has taken up the issue of being “truly Reformed.” Generally, this title is attributed to fundamentalists in the Reformed camp who have a hard time with Christians [...]
Dysfunctional Calvinism
February 4, 2010I hope that my writings in support of Calvinism gives me the credibility to offer a few words concerning dysfunctional Calvinism. If not, I am going to say it anyway. Most of the Calvinists I have met are robustly evangelical and passionate about the gospel. They love the church and have found their soteriological understanding [...]
Charles Finney, Cooperation, and the GCR
November 17, 2009Over at Between the Times, Drs. Danny Akin and Bruce Ashford have continued their excellent series on “Seven Crucial Aspects of Our Mission” (which is broken down in true Puritan style of multiple sub-points and cases) with an article focusing on cooperation between Calvinists and non-Calvinists. As you know, this issue has been with us [...]
Morris Chapman, Calvinism, and Saving Faith (Part 3)
July 21, 2009In my third and final post (see Part 1 and Part 2) on Morris Chapman’s recent comments on Calvinism, I want to focus on what Baptists have historically said on the issue of the Holy Spirit’s work in salvation and more specifically saving faith. Before I do, however, I want to comment briefly on how [...]
Morris Chapman, Calvinism, and Saving Faith (Part 2)
July 20, 2009In Part 1, I sought address specific comments by Morris Chapman from his convention “report,” nothing also a few areas of duplicity. In Part 2, I want to interact with his “Clarification of Intent,” especially as it concerns the doctrine of saving faith. Chapman’s Charges Quote #1 “I have heard and read with increasing frequency [...]
Morris Chapman, Calvinism, and Saving Faith (Part 1)
July 16, 2009Morris Chapman, president and CEO of the Executive Committee, has up until this time chosen not to address the pressing issue of the forced resignation of Clark Logan; however, he has taken up another topic stemming from his convention “report”—Calvinism. His strange and categorically inaccurate views of those who hold to the doctrines of grace [...]
Interacting with Alvin and Nathan Regarding SBC and Calvinism
February 27, 2009Drs. Alvin Reid and Nathan Finn have begun to write (together) the case for consensus for Calvinism in the SBC. Contrary to what some believe, I believe this is the desire of most (if not all) Calvinists I know in the SBC. The series at Between the Times has been encouraging to read, I however [...]
Restless Writer Collin Hansen Reflects on His Book
February 4, 2009Collin Hansen, author of the popular book Young, Restless, Reformed, took some time to reflect on what he would have done different had he the opportunity to write it over again. His first mention was the influence of the Reformed blogosphere. Hansen writes, “The passionate commitment Calvinists show toward theology and the church positions them [...]
Nathan Finn on Calvinism and Cooperation
December 9, 2008Over recent years, there have been a number of attempts at labeling Calvinists and non-Calvinists in the SBC. I have referred to Calvinists and those who are Calvinistic (not five-point Calvinists), and on the other side to non-Calvinists and anti-Calvinists. My last post revealed some of the results from continued anti-Calvinism, and in the article [...]
Casualties of Anti-Calvinism
December 8, 2008Three years ago, I began writing about the anonymous attacks of a website called “BaptistFire.” They were a website operating in the dark that advertised churches which either experienced conflict as a result of Calvinism or had fired their pastor as a result of it (assuming to warn other pastors of what might happen to [...]
Johnny Hunt, Calvinism, and the Past Ten Years of My Life
October 19, 2010Before you read any further, please watch this short video clip where Dustin Neeley interviewed Johnny Hunt at the Advance the Church conference earlier this year. This video clip is moving to me for reasons most of you are unaware I presume. Although some of my life story is recorded in Collin Hansen’s Young, Restless, [...]
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